document.write: how to get generated text of an element?

Question

Having something like this:

<div id="myDiv"><script>document.write('SOMETHING');</script></div>

Now i want to get "SOMETHING". when i try

$("#myDiv").text();

it returns:

<script>document.write('SOMETHING');</script>

Thanks

Using `document.write` is considered a [bad practice](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/802854/why-is-document-write-considered-a-bad-practice). Are you sure you can't avoid it at all? — Christian Vincenzo Traina, Jul 20 '22 at 10:11
@CristianTraìna unfortunately that part is not my code. I have no choice. — Behzad Safamanesh, Jul 20 '22 at 10:12
I must say, that's a peculiar html layout... I would reccomend you emptied `myDiv` and changed it's content with a script elsewhere. — Joachim, Jul 20 '22 at 10:12

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 20 '22 at 10:14

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You can use innerText property. ( textContent will not work as expected as it will log all content of the script. )

const div = document.getElementById('myDiv')

console.log(div.innerText)

<div id="myDiv"><script>document.write('SOMETHING');</script></div>

answered Jul 20 '22 at 10:14

Mina

and if you want to stick with jQuery since the question was revolving around that just grab the HTMLElement doing: `$("#myDiv")[0].innerText` – Diego D Jul 20 '22 at 10:16
Just out of curiosity, OP is using JQuery and I don't remember if `innerText` is proxied. If OP needs it in JQuery maybe it would worth including it in the answer – Christian Vincenzo Traina Jul 20 '22 at 10:16
Diego answered it :) thanks – Christian Vincenzo Traina Jul 20 '22 at 10:16
Your code here, and in my script works perfect. thanks. But my own code, even when i replace it with yours, will fail. have no idea why. ps: i made a loop to read table cells and the content i have problem with is some of tds. tried javascript and jquery. both failed.. – Behzad Safamanesh Jul 20 '22 at 11:20
Make sure your code runs after the doc.write code - move your ` – freedomn-m Jul 20 '22 at 12:12

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